Liviprovement in combined hounds and fifth-wheel



'G. ARCHER. Fifth Wheel.

Nb. 35,662; Patented all-M24. 1862.

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GEORGE ARCHER, or MASSILLON, OHIO.

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' p Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,662, dated June 24, 18 2.

ToFaZZ whorl u it may concern:

1 Be it known thatI, GEORGE ARCHER, of

1 Massillon, in thecounty of Starkand State of l Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Houndsand Fifthhe'elCombined; and I do hereby declare that the following is i a full andcomplete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference be-.

ing had tothesaccornpanying drawings, making part of thisspccification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a side view and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section in the direction of the line w w in Fig. 1. My improvement relates to the combination of the hounds Wit-htheunder section of the fifth-wheel, and the further combination therewith of the upper section of the'fifth-wheel, as hereinafter specified. l p

A represents the forward aXle-treeof a wago'n. B is the bolster. O is the reach, and D isthe neap or tongue. i

E E represent the "hounds, and FF represeclirsd inplace bythe draw-pin D, passing through the hounds'fland tongue. The hounds spread outtoward the base and unite with the lower section F, of the fifth-wheel, and forming about one-half of the circle. This section 1 i has a recess on each side of the circle,.and at i right angles totheslit forthe tongue, for the reception of the axle-tree, as seen at a, Fig. 2.

G represents wrought-iron braces, the back A The upper section F of the fifth-wheel is circular, with a small groove running around the under side, as seen at e, to admit the heads of the bolts, there being a like groove in the section F. The upper section F is secured to the bolster by two bolts, 1) b, and to the reach by two others, I) I), placed at right angles to the former. Upon the forward and inner edge of thelower section F is secured an iron clamp, h, Fig. 3, which hooks over the inner edge of the section F to keep the two parts in contact. The king-bolt G passes through the center of the bolster, the center of the circle F F, and through the axle-tree, thus fo'rming the center of motion for the fifth-wheel.

What I claim as my improvement, and de- :sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described special construction and arrangement of the hounds and fifth-wheel,

when combined and operating conjointly, as specified.

Witnesses: V y J OSEPH HEGKMAN, RICHARD BREED.

GEORGE ARCHER. V 

